Police make arrest in Randolph in case of motorcycle 'maniac'

Police say the motorcyclist who drove at up to 100 mph along Route 24 and other highways in recent weeks was caught Tuesday morning in Randolph. The driver has been identified as Daniel Rebello, 29, of Somerset.

Police say the motorcyclist who drove at up to 100 mph along Route 24 and other highways in recent weeks was caught Tuesday morning in Randolph.

The driver has been identified as Daniel Rebello, 29, of Somerset.

Rebello was captured at 7:28 a.m., after police received multiple 911 calls, and after one witness called state police to report the driver was spotted hiding behind a tractor-trailer in a Randolph parking lot, a state police press release stated Tuesday.

Prior to his arrest, one truck driver called police to tell him the motorcyclist was “down in the ditch,” driving on the grass median in between the north and south bound lanes of Route 24, Trooper Stephen Walker told the Enterprise.

“He was driving like a maniac, I’m glad my family wasn’t out there,” Walker added.

State police said the driver was weaving in and out of cars, and driving southbound in the breakdown lane on the northbound side of Route 24 Tuesday morning.

“It was a collective effort and the public was a great help,” said Walker, of the Milton barracks.

State police posted a notice on their Facebook page Monday seeking the public’s help in finding the driver of a yellow and black motorcycle with no plates who police say had been seen speeding and weaving in and out of traffic along Route 24, Interstate 93 and I-95.

The incident remains under investigation. State police did not immediately release his name, or where he was from.